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Spruce Tree may be my second least favorite building in the metro, but if that's how we show our Minnesota pride I will get behind it... maybe.

It has been really slick here. People should know better than to send 2000+ people from out of state in January for all the reasons. Also, it is so telling when you see cars stuck and no one pushing!

Nearly 100% of my books are on Kindle (library), the few that aren't are mostly Audible. Amazon knows what I read. This is one of those times I welcome snooping to make relevant recommendations based on my history. Today I got a page of recommendations of romance novels, the genre I never ever read.

Sixteen Candles has NOT aged well. Offensive statements at least every 5 minutes!

(solemnly) You've had mail.

Shower with leaf tile and a grab bars with a wave shape.

There are pretty grab bars out there. If you redo a shower, consider putting them in, you never know when they will come in handy.

Here are my top 10 cartoon dogs!

You met my father many moons ago... picture him telling me what DARE was and was not accurate on. For those who didn't meet him, he authentically used the phrase far out.

Paris unveils a memorial to LGBTQ+ victims of Nazi regime and other persecutions A memorial to the long-ignored gay victims of the Nazi regime and to all LGBTQ+ people persecuted throughout history has been unveiled in Paris.

Paris unveils a memorial to LGBTQ+ victims of Nazi regime and other persecutions

Much deserved! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

apnews.com/article/fran...

Never have I ever (until tonight)... updated two tablets, simultaneously, multiple times, to get them up to date so we could use them at an event. Hadn't been updated since 2022. Just part of my job as chief tech volunteer for Gina's work. On update 4 on one, and 2 on the other.

Sharing a happy story.

Haven't seen them yet, but have heard trumpeter swans in our back yard! Quick seach confirmed the call and that we are in the breeding zone. Turns out they're a success story, in 1933 there were fewer than 70, in 2010 46,000. And now we have at least one pair in our backyard.

Congratulations! That is amazing!

Black square with text: we all want the same things. Physical safety. Financial security. Love. Happiness. Some of us just want it for other people too...

New proposed Gulf of Mexico names

Can anyone explain how the robot mop couldn't find its dock in the night?

I read comments. I know, bad idea, but sometimes a good pulse check. Many people know Minnesota runs a contest to name the new snow plows. The comments were about the waste, not of the contest, but of buying snow plows. In Minnesota. Yes, we have a lot, but it is how the state functions in winter.

Now I just saw that Center for Victims of Torture got a stop work order.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

This week, the work I do was threatened. And while I'm not in direct service, we support those who are. We collect and provide the data used to fund efforts to prevent and end homelessness. Our grants were frozen along with so many others'. This work needs to be there until we achieve our goal.

As of last night, the Violence Against Women Act page on HUD was throwing a page not found error. So now we aren't protecting women fleeing domestic violence either?

Posting on Twitter never felt the same for me as FB. But I'll give Bluesky a try.

Guess it is good it is winter and not spending time in the back yard which is waterfowl habitat...

But you can report as a fake profile. Also, the account is over a year old!

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

@tkingfisher.com saw three of your books front facing in the small book section at Target! Wasn't expecting them there.

Haven't seen them, but Merlin says they are definitely in my yard!

Enjoy Minicon!

Any chance of seeing you while you're in town?

Wishing you fast healing and tumor Bob good riddance!